American Sport in the Shadow of a Pandemic: Communicative Insights

Acknowledgments – Andrew C. Billings/Lawrence A. Wenner/Marie Hardin: Introduction: Situating Communication and American Sport in the Shadow of a Pandemic – Erin Whiteside/Sam Winemiller: Reimagining the Role of Local Sports Media During the Pandemic Pause – Courtney M. Cox: Force Majeure: Pandemic Labor Insights within the Sports- Media Complex – Simon Ličen: More Than Fun and Games: How the World Will Look at American Sports— and America— After COVID- 19 – Daniel A. Grano: "Year of the Bubble": The Black Athletic Body as Event, and the Politics of Subtraction – Abraham Iqbal Khan: Reading Against the Platform: Communicative Capitalism and the NBA Strike – Michael Serazio: Hegemonic Masculinity on the Sidelines: Workplace Dangers, Gendered Ideologies, and Athletic Participation in the Pandemic Era – Travis R. Bell/Christian Dotson- Pierson/Janelle Applequist: Big Risks, Big Rewards: Framing the NWSL Challenge Cup Amid a Pandemic – Katherine L. Lavelle: "The Team’s Best Interest": COVID- 19, Mental Health, and Neoliberalism in College Football – Scott Parrott/Nathan A. Towery/Andrew C. Billings: Sports Figures as Public Health Prompts: The Broadening Role of Celebrity Athletes in Health Communication – Gregory A. Cranmer: Socialization and Team Management in Post- COVID- 19 Athletics – Michael L. Butterworth/Katie Lever: Coronavirus, College Football, and the Collapse of American Exceptionalism – Lauren Reichart Smith: The NCAA Response to the COVID- 19 Pandemic and Its Impact on Enjoyment – Karen L. Hartman: COVID- 19, the NCAA, and Title IX: A Time for Gender Equity – Walter Gantz: What Missing Sports Really Means: Mediated Sports Consumption in the Post- Pandemic World – Jimmy Sanderson: Managing the Unprecedented: How Sport Organizations’ Social Media Strategy Adapted and Evolved in the Midst of a Global Pandemic – Ryan Rogers/Lee K. Farquhar: Esports: A Pandemic- Proof Alternative to Traditional Sports? – Tang Tang, L. Meghan Mahoney/Ashley Spiker: Olympics in the Shadow of a Pandemic: Communication, Empowerment, and Concern through Crisis – Dunja Antunovic: Keeping a Sense of Community: Women’s Sports Leagues and (Post- ) Pandemic Communication – Editors – Contributors – Index.